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Exploration and modulation of mechanical cues for enhanced cancer immunotherapy

The advent of immunotherapy, such as immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) and adoptive transfer of cytotoxic lymphocytes, has transformed the clinical care of cancer. However, a significant proportion of patients are resistant to immunotherapy or experience re ...

EPFL2024

A Synthetic Multivalent Lipopeptide Derived from Pam3CSK4 with Irreversible Influenza Inhibition and Immuno-Stimulating Effects

Armand Kurum, Francesco Stellacci, Quy Ong Khac, Bruno Emanuel Ferreira De Sousa Correia, Pablo Gainza Cirauqui, Li Tang, Lixia Wei, Yong Zhu, Francesca Olgiati

The activation of the host adaptive immune system is crucial for eliminating viruses. However, influenza infection often suppresses the innate immune response that precedes adaptive immunity, and the adaptive immune responses are typically delayed. Dendrit ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2024

Soft cancer cells squeeze through T cell's grip

Armand Kurum, Li Tang, Yi Wang

Immune cells are exquisitely sensitive to the mechanical properties of cancer cells. Soft cancer cells can avoid immune-mediated destruction. Therapeutically targeting this mechanical immune checkpoint may enhance the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy. ...

ELSEVIER2022

Microfluidic T Cell Selection by Cellular Avidity

Armand Kurum, Li Tang, Alexandre Harari

No T cell receptor (TCR) T cell therapies have obtained clinical approval. The lack of strategies capable of selecting and recovering potent T cell candidates may be a contributor to this. Existing protocols for selecting TCR T cell clones for cell therapi ...

WILEY2022

Cancer-cell stiffening via cholesterol depletion enhances adoptive T-cell immunotherapy

Armand Kurum, Georg Fantner, Mélanie Thérèse Marie Hannebelle, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Yuqing Xie, Li Tang, Murat Kaynak, Kewen Lei, Yugang Guo, Min Gao, Veronika Cencen, Lucia Bonati

Cancer cells enriched in cholesterol in their plasma membrane impair T-cell-mediated cytotoxicity, which can be augmented by stiffening the cancer cells via cholesterol depletion, as shown in mouse models of adoptive T-cell immunotherapy. Malignant transfo ...

2021

A Manganese Phosphate Nanocluster Activates the cGAS‐STING Pathway for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy

Armand Kurum, Yuqing Xie, Li Tang, Kewen Lei, Yugang Guo, Yu Zhao, Min Gao, Xiaomeng Hu, Simon Bart M. Van Herck

Targeting the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway with cyclic dinucleotides (CDNs), the natural STING agonists, is a promising immunotherapeutic strategy for cancer. However, the clinical application of natural CDNs as therapeutics is greatly hi ...

2021

Mechanical Immunoengineering of T-cells for Therapeutic Applications

Armand Kurum, Li Tang, Kewen Lei

T cells, a key component in adaptive immunity, are central to many immunotherapeutic modalities aimed at treating various diseases including cancer, infectious diseases, and autoimmune disorders. The past decade has witnessed tremendous progress in immunot ...

2020

Synthetic 3D scaffolds for cancer immunotherapy

Armand Kurum, Li Tang, Min Gao

Recent clinical success of systemic cancer immunotherapy has paved the way for the next-generation therapeutics. Nevertheless, cancer immunotherapies, in particular combination therapies, are associated in some cases with severe side effects and low respon ...

2019